By Star-Bulletin Staff

Viloria ready
for overdue knockout
against Moreno

Waipahu flyweight Brian Viloria got into the business of fighting professionally for many reasons.

His amateur record proved he was good at boxing, and his basic love for the sport had much to do with it.

But when the truth comes from deep in his soul, Viloria is in the boxing business because he likes the feeling of knocking out another man.

"A knockout has to show itself," Viloria said. "But when it does, it is a great feeling, almost a relief."

Viloria (10-0, 6 KOs) will try to get that relief again Friday at 4:30 p.m. Hawaii time on ESPN2 against Alejandro Moreno (19-10, 10 KOs) in Uncasville, Conn.

It will be Viloria's second defense of his North American Boxing Federation flyweight title and the co-main event, alongside DaVarryl "Touch of Sleep" Williamson and Robert Wigginson. Viloria's World Boxing Council youth flyweight title will not be on the line.

Viloria says he is itching to get back in the ring because he hasn't felt the "relief" that comes with knocking someone flat since he left Honolulu with a first round KO of Sandro Orlando Oviedo last May. After stopping six opponents in the first 27 rounds of his career, Viloria has hit a stretch where he hasn't even knocked down an opponent in his last 27 rounds.